Comparison

Accounting Arcade vs Accounting Course

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

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About

Accounting Arcade

Master accounting fundamentals through engaging, replayable games. Practice sorting transactions, decoding equations, classifying cash flows, and answering trivia. Offers daily challenges, leaderboards, and progress tracking for long-term learning.

Highlights
  • Transaction sorting game
  • Accounting equation puzzle
  • Cash flow classification
  • Accounting trivia game
  • Daily challenges
  • Global leaderboards
  • Progress dashboard
Features
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Accounting Arcade turns accounting prep into fun and addictive, re-playable games — built by Simona S. Citron, CPA, MBA, Accounting/Finance faculty at several universities with more than three decades of teaching experience. Built for accounting majors, business majors, and finance professionals wishing to brush up on accounting fundamentals, Accounting Arcade is an entertaining way to both learn and test your knowledge. Accounting Solitaire — Sort transactions into the five core categories (Assets, Liabilities, Stockholders' Equity, Revenue, Expenses). Includes drag-and-drop play and an opt-in Learning Mode that offers explanations. Ledger Logic — A Wordle-inspired puzzle that asks you to decode the accounting equation one column at a time. New puzzle every day, with streak tracking. Cash Flow Classifier — Speed-classify transactions as Operating, Investing, or Financing and master the Statement of Cash Flows. Who Wants to Be a CPA? — Millionaire-style trivia covering Financial Accounting and Reporting, Auditing, Regulation, and Business concepts. Lifelines, escalating difficulty, and real exam-style scenarios. BUILT FOR LONG-TERM RETENTION • Daily Challenge — one fresh puzzle per game, every day • Global leaderboards (weekly and all-time) • Topic-by-topic performance dashboard • Study streaks and milestone badges • Educational explanations after every wrong answer • Three themes: Royal, Light, Dark • Haptic feedback and sound effects, both toggleable FAIR ONE-TIME PRICING Try every game free with a demo. Unlock individual games for $9.99, or unlock the entire suite for $29.99. No subscriptions. ABOUT THE CREATOR Simona S. Citron is a CPA who holds an MBA with a Specialization in Finance from the University of Chicago and a BS in Commerce from DePaul University, where she was a Strobel Scholar. She has authored and taught Intermediate Accounting, Corporate Finance, Financial Management, Taxation, and Managerial Accounting at the undergraduate and graduate level, including online faculty roles at Northwestern University. Every game in Accounting Arcade is both engaging and educational. PRIVACY We collect only what is needed to save your progress: email, display name, and game scores. Your data is encrypted in transit. You can delete your account at any time from the Settings screen. Master accounting. Through play. SquidFin Ink LLC

About

Accounting Course

Features
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With this course, you will learn the basic concepts of accounting. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MMLjmbmpyY6-hxu32oVmbgoUo0yeY5WptONIOcsH1Tk/edit?tab=t.0

Screenshots

Accounting Arcade4 screens
Accounting Course3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Accounting Arcade at none against Accounting Course's shown. Accounting Arcade also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.6). On price and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Accounting Arcade sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Accounting Course sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Accounting Arcade versus Accounting Course: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAccounting ArcadeAccounting Course
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS14.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB9 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperSquidFin Ink LLCMaria Bayas

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Accounting Arcade

One-time6
  • Unlock Accounting Solitaire$9.99
  • Unlock Ledger Logic$9.99
  • Unlock Cash Flow$9.99
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  • Unlock "Who Wants to be a CPA"$9.99
  • Upgrade account to Full Suite$19.99
  • Unlock Full Suite$29.99
2 purchases

Accounting Course

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscriptions3 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Premium Year$14.991 Year

Questions

Is Accounting Arcade free?
Accounting Arcade is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Accounting Course free?
Accounting Course is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Accounting Arcade or Accounting Course have ads?
Accounting Course shows ads; Accounting Arcade does not.

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